Quotas
The following table lists quotas related to standard queues.
| Quota | Description |
|---|---|
| Delay queue | The default (minimum) delay for a queue is 0 seconds. The maximum is 15 minutes. |
| Listed queues | 1,000 queues per ListQueues request. |
| Long polling wait time | The maximum long polling wait time is 20 seconds. |
| Messages per queue (backlog) | The number of messages that an Amazon SQS queue can store is unlimited. |
| Messages per queue (in flight) |
For most standard queues (depending on queue traffic and message backlog), there can be a maximum of approximately 120,000 in flight messages (received from a queue by a consumer, but not yet deleted from the queue).
If you reach this quota while using short polling, Amazon SQS returns the |
| Queue name |
A queue name can have up to 80 characters. The following characters are accepted: alphanumeric characters, hyphens ( NoteQueue names are case-sensitive (for example,
|
| Queue tag | We don't recommend adding more than 50 tags to a queue. Tagging supports Unicode characters in UTF-8. |
The tag Key is required, but the tag Value
is optional. |
|
The tag Key and tag Value are
case-sensitive. |
|
The tag Key and tag Value can include
Unicode alphanumeric characters in UTF-8 and whitespaces. The following
special characters are allowed: _ . : / = + - @ |
|
The tag Key or Value must not include the
reserved prefix aws: (you can't delete tag keys or values
with this prefix). |
|
The maximum tag Key length is 128 Unicode characters in
UTF-8. The tag Key must not be empty or null. |
|
The maximum tag Value length is 256 Unicode characters
in UTF-8. The tag Value may be empty or null. |
|
| Tagging actions are limited to 30 TPS per AWS account. If your application requires a higher throughput, submit a request |
